The Gulf Stream and the Carbon Cycle

C-Streams is proud to release a video to present the background to our work: check out the C-Streams video.

We are all aware of how the Gulf Stream is important in the transfer of heat in the climate system. In this video, we explore our view that the Gulf Stream plays a similarly important role in the ocean carbon cycle. The Gulf Stream transports nutrients and waters that can uptake carbon at depth, when these waters reach the surface at high latitudes there is an uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Thus, in our view, the Gulf Stream helps determine the downstream carbon sink for the North Atlantic.

This video is related to our recent publication in Communications Earth & Environment.